webmail

[valerian]

if someone uses webmail eg hotmail from work,
can
their work (IT) see their mail
and if so
is it lawful to do so

 

[valerian]

Worst 'I've been looking at dodgy nudey emails while at work' thread!

They won't be able to see/read your emails unless they were to be stood behind you or failed into your machine via a VNC connection.
As said they'll know youve been on a web mail but that's it.

sorry to disappoint u
why would i look at nude emails, at work?
when i can download hardcore porn 24/7 if i wanted to from home

im representing someone in an investigation, and they are worried about there private webmail being read
(i am a union rep btw)

however thanks for the useful bit u added at the end

 

[valerian]

They can watch your screen remotely, log everything you do, etc. So yes, theoretically they can read your emails. However I fail to see why they would want to. Plus they would be limited to what they could do with the information anyway.

i dont think this is the case for a second
the worry was they could be logged or saved

 

[valerian]

Certainly isnt illegal, if theres an IT policy and a HR policy to back it up. It would be illegal for them to access your email account separately, but not for them to monitor an employees web and email usage. HTTPS protects you to a certain extent, but its not a cloak of invisibility.

the web usage, and the webmail usage arent the issue, nor is the use of the companies internal email
it is the webmail content only

 

[valerian]

thanks for all the help
i accept the screen could be viewed remotely, but i think its a red herring in this case
again cheers for the input